For all of
you lucky enough to get in to the Rocci Post show on April 19th, the band had a
great time!

They opened
the show with a crowd-grabbing cover of the Rascals' "Come On Up",
which segued into James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", their
first hit single "Once Upon a Time", the Beatles' "Things We Said
Today" Dick Guerrette soloed on the Eagles' "Desperado", Then the
band did Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin", the b-side of their
first single "(Bye Bye) Out the Window", Their biggest single "We
Can't Go On This Way", the Olympics / Rascals "Good Lovin", and
then closed their set with their local crowd pleaser "Sunny Side Up".
The other Bands that night - Replay, The Warlocks, and 97 North - all played
exciting sets as well to this wall-to-wall, SRO audience.

3/15/2008

Teddy and
the Pandas will play live at the Vitorri Rocci Post April 19th 2008!!

This will be the first
public live show by the five original 1966 recording and touring members of
Teddy and the Pandas in over forty years!

Please plan to
be there!

Advance Tickets are
available at Salon Oasis located at the Hawthorne North Plaza on route 1 in
Danvers.

Don't miss this historical
performance which we all hope to be the first of many!!

More info and reminders to
come.

9/1/2005

Today marks the 5th
anniversary of the Teddy and the Pandas website!

What could have marked this milestone better than to have Teddy and the Pandas
play together live last Saturday night for the first time in decades? Even more
satisfying than that was to see these five great guys, together for the first
time since their recording project in 90s, laughing, hugging, and reaffirming
their brotherhood and friendship as Teddy and the Pandas.

One of my fondest wishes was to be able to see Teddy and the Pandas perform
again, and this wish was granted on August 27, 2005. In many ways, the interest
you as fans have shown via this site contributed to landmark event. With nearly
20,000 total fan hits to the website from all over the world, the guys realize
the lasting impact they had on so many in the 60s, as well as many new fans
enjoying their music decades after it's creation. Let's hope there are more
reunions concerts from the band in the future....

Wiper, webmaster, TeddyandthePandas.com

8/29/2005

Billy Corelle's Birthday
Party Dazzles All With A Surprise Teddy And The Pandas Reunion Concert!!!!

Family and friends gathered at the Vittori Rocci
Post in Beverly Massachusetts on Saturday, August 27, 2005, attending a surprise
birthday party for Teddy and the Pandas bassist Billy (Sonny) Corelle.
Live music was provided by locally renowned blues band Part Time Lovers.
During one of the bands breaks something happened that marks a historical event
for Teddy and the Pandas fans everywhere! For the first time in nearly 40 years
the best known line-up of Teddy and the Pandas played live together (although
there was a band reunion in 1983, it featured Paul Rivers on guitar who
had replaced Teddy Dewart). The Pandas took to the stage with no prior rehearsal and did a
fantastic job on an impromptu set consisting of "Once Upon A Time",
"Sunny Side Up",
"Hang On Sloopy" and "We Can't Go On This Way" to the excited delight of
everyone in attendance.

Click on the photo from the impromptu reunion concert above to hear a sample of
the performance.

Here's hoping the guys all get together again soon so all
their fans can hear and see them!

10/23/2004

Teddy &
The Pandas hit the airwaves in Serbia and Montenegro in 2004!

Teddy tells us that he was recently interviewed in an hour-long live radio
broadcast from Serbia in Eastern Europe! Apparently, the radio personality who
did the interview, Bogomir Mijatovich(AKA 'Bogi') who hosts "Radio
100" on Radio Novi Sad, the only national music broadcast station in Serbia, had
gotten hold of North Shore Soundwork’s new Teddy & The Pandas "Once Upon A Time"
double CD, and wanted to review it. After listening to it, he contacted Teddy
via this site and requested to do a live radio interview. Teddy says 'Bogi'
loves "Once Upon A Time" and was astounded to hear that Teddy & The Pandas had
not been released internationally back in the 60's! Bogi will be pleased to
hear that this Teddy & The Pandas web site actually gets regular hits from all
over Europe, including The Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, a large number
from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, not to mention Brazil, Mexico, and
Japan! While you might think Serbia is a long way from the U.S. "oldies" Rock
scene, it seems 'Bogi' is actually well known in Europe for his interviews with
a number of Rock & Roll greats, including Reg Presley (Troggs), John McNally
(Searchers), Randy Bachman, David Surkamp (Pavlov’s Dog), Barry McGuire, Brian
Auger, Carol Kaye, Galt MacDermot, Jim Rado, Pete Rivera, Dave Dee, Jim Peterick,
Bill Wyman, and Andrew Gold.

Teddy will be getting a CD copy of the interview and says he'll be sharing with
us.

Teddy & The Pandas send a big "Hello!" to all in Serbia and Montenegro listening
to Radio 100!

6/23/2004

New Teddy and the Pandas 2
CD Set Available Here!!

Great News!!

Announcing "Once Upon a Time" - a new
two CD set with 34 remastered Teddy and the Pandas songs, including a
separate disc of rare and unreleased tracks - available now! This set includes
every studio recorded Teddy and the Pandas track known to exist!

All the tracks have been digitally remastered to provide the best sound possible
and are superior in sound quality to our past CD offerings. As well, a
picture-filled 12 page booklet is included with an all new Pandas biography,
written by well-known garage rock and pop journalist Mike Dugo with the
help of band members Teddy Dewart and Billy Corelle.

The three very popular Teddy and the Pandas CDs ("The
45s", "Basic Magnetism" and "Rarities and Forgotten Gems")
offered previously are no longer available. Thanks to all who purchased them.

The tapes from Al Lawrence's basement have
yielded five early unreleased Teddy and the Pandas recordings.

More to come....

12/10/2002

While in his attic getting out holiday
decorations, Teddy Dewart stumbled across yet another Pandas treasure: a tape
reel with, among other things, an early, unreleased, alternate take of Teddy and
the Pandas doing Once Upon a Time. This version does not include the
harpsichord that is the centerpiece of the Coristine/Musicor version, but
instead features a rockin' drum and bass bridge. The track was successfully
extracted from the tape and restored to superb monophonic sound. Check the sound
clips page to hear a bit of this treasure.

Al Lawrence also found an old tape reel in his
basement which, along with Teddy's tape, may yield yet more Pandas rarities that
may warrant release.

Stay tuned.......

06/01/2002

(L to R) Jerry Labrecque, Billy Corelle, Teddy
Dewart, May 2002

Word
has it that over Memorial Day weekend, Billy Corelle and Jerry Labrecque dropped
by to visit with Teddy Dewart at a secluded celebrity retreat on Martha's
Vineyard, and ended up working on three of a number of songs Teddy and Billy
have been collaborating on over the internet. When news got out that Panda song
writing was going on at the Vineyard, the ‘Wiper’ dropped by with his
computer gear and recorded the first of the newly designed digital studio
tracks, and they sound great! We
hear the working titles for two of the songs are "Let the Young Girl Go”
and "This One's on You,” but we still have to wait for the name of the
third song; Billy and Teddy say the ink’s not yet dry on those lyrics! You
can be sure, there’ll be more news coming as they occur! Sounds
like something’s in the wind….

Great
food and great music along with lots of laughter, hard work and friendship were
shared over this four days impromptu event! The ‘Wiper’ caught this pic of
the guys together but (true to form) chose not to be included. Seems he’s not
yet ready to have his true identity disclosed…yet!

03/18/2002

We've just implemented an automated Teddy and the
Pandas newsletter mailing list subscription system which will allow you, the
Panda fan, to subscribe or unsubscribe yourself. The subscription panel is on
the post office page. Everyone who had been added to our manually maintained
newsletter mailing list was invited to join. Newsletters are sent out as events
dictate.

03/02/2002

The
Lance Monthly and Mike Dugo have done it again! Mike covers the
release of the "Rarities and Forgotten Gems" CD as the lead
article in the "News
and Nuggets" section in the March, 2002 issue of this well
established monthly on-line '60 surf and garage band music magazine.

Thanks once again to the Lance Monthly and Mike!

02/18/2002

A new Teddy and the Pandas
collection will be available the beginning of March 2002, exclusively from the Teddy
and the Pandas website shop. The new compact disc EP is titled "Rarities
and Forgotten Gems" and contains seven unreleased and rare Pandas songs.
The liner notes by Lance Monthly Chief Staff Writer, Mike Dugo,
detail the unearthing of these 'archeological' finds - tracks which were
all recently discovered from long lost and forgotten demo acetates, audition
pressings and rare singles:

Games - written by Bob Stone, who wrote, arranged and/or
produced other Pandas hits "We Can't Go On This Way", "Searching
for the Good Times" and “City Woman", he is best known
for writing the Cher hit "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves".
The Pandoras also did 'Games" as the B-side to one of their singles.
The song sounds as though it was created during the same sessions that produced
"We Can't Go On This Way" and appears to have Toni Wine,
songwriter, backup singer for Steely Dan, and one time member of the Archies,
singing backup on this tune as well.

Willie Dum Dum - penned by Teddy Dewart of the Pandas, this
song sounds as though it, too, was created during the same sessions that
produced "We Can't Go On This Way".

Girl from California - also written by Bob Stone and
possibly from the "We Can't Go On This Way" sessions as
well.

I Want to be Loved (Tonight for Always) - Written by Teddy
Dewart, this steamy ballad lacks the heavier studio production of their
later songs, and takes us back to the pure Pandas sound of "Once Upon a
Time" and "(Bye Bye) Out the Window".

Childhood Friends - this monophonic single version of
"Childhood Friends" is substantially different than the stereo track on the
"Basic Magnetism" album and CD, and the "45s"
CD. Especially evident is the more pronounced and extended echo vocal effect in
the first verse. The instrumental mix varies subtly and is engineered with more
'punch' for AM radio play.

68 Days 'Till September- different, as well, than the stereo
track on the "Basic Magnetism" album and CD, and the "45s"
CD, it's mix varies subtly and is engineered with more 'punch' for AM radio
play.

New Day - a Teddy Dewart composition, this track was
performed by the Boston area girl group, the Pandoras, on the
Liberty label. This folk –rock anthem is indicative of the late '60s and the Pandoras
sound seems to predict that of Suzanna Hoffs and the Bangles, some
twenty years later.

01/05/2002

After several months of availability, the Pandas
forum page has proven to be a huge flop! Nobody hardly ever went there and
receiving only two new entries during that time certainly proved it's lack of
popularity.

The guestbook, which the forum page replaced, has
been reactivated. You'll notice the 'forum' entry is now gone from the menu on
the left, and a 'guestbook' entry now takes
it's place. All the original guestbook entries have been restored.

Hopefully new and repeat visitors will visit the
book often and regularly leave a message or two behind.

10/11/2001

Deja Vu - it's like being in the '60s again!

We've been notified by two 'college' FM radio stations that they've
been including Teddy and the Pandas in their rotation since August.

Alex Piandes is the host of the Saturday morning "Coffee 'n' Smokes" radio show on
WMFO-FM. 'Coffee 'n' Smokes' http://coffeensmokes.freeservers.com is a radio show
"featuring new & vintage garage/punk, surf, psychedelic, rockabilly, pop obscurities(...and a little bit o' greasy R & B here 'n' there where it fits!)".
WMFO-FM Broadcasts out of Medford Massachusetts and is affiliated with Tufts University. Their website is at
http://www.wmfo.org/listen.htm and
they offer streaming audio of their shows over the internet.

Plastic Tales is a weekly radio program airing on WNYU-FM in New York City
"featuring psychedelic, garage, mod, pop-sike, freakbeat, surfadelic, progressive and krautrock from the '60's, early '70's and
beyond".

WNYU-FM broadcasts in New York City with 8,300 watts of power and can be heard in the Tri-state metropolitan area including portions of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. WNYU can also be heard worldwide live on the Internet via Real Audio streaming. Their website is at
http://www.wnyu.nyu.edu/plastictales
.

The website has been offering promo CDs to
interested radio stations.

10/7/2001

A Website Upgrade!

The guestbook area of the
website has been replaced by a message forum. All the original postings to the
guestbook have been moved to the forum. This area will more readily lend it self
to interactive discussions on Teddy and the Pandas related topics as well as
allow you to request an email notification if someone responds to your posting.
You may access this area by clicking on Forum in the menu bar.

As with the guestbook , after
posting your message, it may take a brief time for the posting to appear. You
may as well need to refresh the forum section of the page to successfully view
your posting.

10/6/2001

Teddy's attic finds arrived
today at North Shore Soundworks safe and sound. The first challenge attacked was
the audiodisc of the unreleased and previously unheard Girl
from California. At some point, over the last 35 years or so, something
must have fell on the acetate, permanently dimpling the metal core and the soft
acetate covering it. It hit from the Willie Dum Dum side (thank goodness
we have Glenn Sadin's copy of 'Willie' and another copy on one of Teddy's other
finds). Unfortunately, on the 'Girl' side the acetate surface was raised like an
ugly pimple. It came at about :40-:55 seconds into the song and it really raised
(no pun intended) hell with the turntable. A lot of time was spent adjusting the
stylus and anti-skate forces on the tone arm to get certain areas to stop
skipping. It
was necessary to splice a half dozen samples throughout that :40-:55 range, then sync
them and crossfade between samples to get the song complete, but it's done. The
price? Some in and out sections of hiss through that time range that can't seem
to be eliminated without serious overall sound degradation, but nary a skip. It
was worth the work - this song is a Pandas gem that needs to be heard!

Another lost classic, I Want To Be Loved (Tonight, for Always),
was previewed from the acetate and it's a beautiful ballad, typical of the
Pandas sound.

More as the digitizing and
cleaning process progresses. We'll try to get clips posted soon.....

10/5/2001

Mike Dugo has once again given Teddy and the
Pandas and their web site kudos in the News and Nuggets section of
the October, 2001 issue ofThe
Lance Monthly, the internet '60s pop and garage band magazine. As the
section's lead story, his
article covers, in detail, both Glenn Sadin's coming forth with his Pandas' long
lost acetates as well as Teddy Dewart's attic finds. Thanks again, Mike, for your
ongoing enthusiastic support!

9/10/2001

More lost Panda tracks
found!

While cleaning his attic this
weekend, Teddy found a box full of 45 rpm recordings. Also, Teddy found several
"AudioDiscs", an acetate-like platter that demos were lathed on at
studios in the '60s. Some of what Teddy found included a demo, by the Pandoras,
of a Teddy Dewart/ Johnny McEwan composition, New Day (which was
ultimately released by The Pandoras on the Liberty label), as well as two more
unreleased Pandas tracks: I Want To Be Loved (Tonight, for Always), Girl
from California and maybe more. As well, some of the acetates were of familiar released
songs which were recorded at Ace Studios in Boston and may be examples of the
raw Pandas sound, prior to the adding of additional instrumentation and
backing vocals at Associated or Olmstead studios in New York City.

Teddy is forwarding the find
to North Shore Soundworks for digitizing and noise reduction - more later......

9/1/2001

The Teddy and the Pandas Website is one year old today!

It's hard to believe this site has been up that long! The
site has brought together so many fans from all over the world. So many of you
have been kind enough to stop by and leave a message in the guest book or send
an email. Thank you all for your encouragement and great comments about the
band. I know Billy, Teddy, Dickie, Jerry and Al enjoy your comments,
support and enthusiasm.

The site continues to grow and attract people across the
internet. On January 1, we had been visited only 85 times! As
of this moment, there have been 1,772 visitors here - 300 of those in
just the last 30 days, so the word is getting out there!

The long-lost acetates of the Pandas' We Can't Go On This Way/Games and Sunnyside
Up/Willie Dum Dum, mentioned in the Fuzz, Acid and Flowers
music guide (see the links page), have been located! They are in the possession
of Glenn Sadin in California.

Glenn reports "Yes, it was Bruce Patch
[Teddy and the Pandas' Manager in the '60s] who sold the two acetates (along
with a complete set of their pre-Tower 45s) to Village Music in Mill Valley, CA,
where I bought them. The owner of the store told me that Bruce Patch lives
(lived?) up in Sonoma County, in the Wine Country north of SF."

Glenn has been gracious enough to
offer us copies of these acetates so we can add the Teddy Dewart composition
Willie Dum Dum, and Bob Stone's Games (as well as possibly
alternate versions of We Cant Go On This Way and Sunnyside Up) to a future compilation.

8/4/2001

To assist our regular visitors in being able to track changes on
this sight, I've added a NetMind subscription button to the bottom of
this page and the Guest book page. By putting your email address in the window
and pressing the Mind-it button, you will be contacted whenever
those pages change. Accordingly, I will update this page whenever a change is
made to the site so you can check it out once your notified.

6/2/2001

The Teddy and the Pandas website gets kudos in the "News
& Nuggets" section of The
Lance Monthly June, 2001. The Lance is a very informative
'e-magazine' focused on 60s surf and garage band music. Also, check out the
article on the "Blair Witch Project" of 60s Boston area rock - Thee
Wytches. You might notice that the Wiper is mentioned as one of
the 'rock-sleuths' that uncovered the truth! Thanks to Mike
Dugo for helping to spread the word on the site.

5/12/2001

We just finished up some major additions and changes to the
website, fueled by additional memorabilia and photo items supplied by Teddy
Dewart and fan Alan Lowell. We added a guest book page where you can leave a
note for the Pandas and other Panda fans to view and we've included a post
office page where you can send an email directly to the Pandas that have email.
Please take a look, as well, at some of the new sites on our links page. We've
also moved to a new web host to provide more reliable connections.

We hope you will share your Pandas memories and memorabilia, if
you have any, with us and we hope you find the site as much fun to visit as we have
to provide it to you. Get the word out to your friends to come visit!

10/28/2000

The
Summit Club Internet radio show, hosted by DJ
Sterling, did a special
tribute to Teddy and the Pandas by playing Once Upon a
Time, We Can't Go On This Way and
Searching for the Good Times and interviewed
the PandaWebmaster (The Wiper) about the band.

9/1/2000

The Teddy and the Pandas web site
officially opened for business.

7/18/2000

Jerry, Billy, The Wiper and our friend, Dominic, went to see
Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds live at the Fleet Pavilion in Boston. We
all had a great time, stopping on the way at the Newbridge Cafe in Malden for
some awesome steak tips!